BT Clients

A BitTorrent Client is computer software that utilizes the BitTorrent P2P protocol to download and upload data. The original BitTorrent client was released in 2002 by Bram Cohen. Since then, many different clients have developed, all of which are at least partially based on the original BitTorrent client.

BitTorrent Clients

Check there if in doubt; this page will be updated at infrequent intervals to match the main page.

Some BitTorrent clients can be configured to notify their users when a newer version/build is available. Keep in mind to check the whitelist in case of a version change, especially in case of an upgrade offer to BETA versions.

If you have good reason to add a BitTorrent client not listed below, kindly post in this thread. Excessive whining and complaining is not going to help your case.

Please include the torrent client name and version number. Versions that are too old or in early beta (this includes Release Candidates - RC) will not be considered (unless you have a really good reason, in which case you are expected to defend your choice without us having to ask).

Before you ask why a torrent client is blacklisted, read this thread. Your question has already been answered there.

Whitelist

Whitelist of clients generally allowed for the use with BakaBT tracker.

advanced bandwidth charting of overall traffic and per-transfer traffic, with separate classification of protocol and file bytes, and with separate classification of outbound traffic for trading and seeding

One of the most preferred clients on BakaBT. This client is known for having a small distribution size, despite being feature rich, and using little system resources. Available for Windows, Mac OSX and WINE emulation.

NOTE 1: It is advised that uTorrent users disable automatic updates and updates to beta versions (Options->Preferences->General) as new releases of stable versions will be added to the whitelist, but this is not going to happen the same instant it is released.

NOTE 2: Please refrain from asking for whitelisting of newly released stable versions of µtorrent. Due to bad experience with bug prone "stable" releases new µtorrent versions are whitelisted with some delay

Due to a major security problem most versions of µtorrent for windows are not whitelisted anymore. See here for more info. We recommend switching to a more modern client!

Other clients

ABC 3.x

aTorrent 1.6.x, 1.7.x, 2.1, 2.2 (Android)

Cloud torrent 0.8.25

Flud 1.2.8, 1.4.2, 1.4.5, 1.4.7, 1.4.8, 1.4.9 (Android)

LH-ABC 3.x

tTorrent versions up to 1.1.2 (Android)

Do not ask list

Please refrain from asking for the following clients:

µTorrent 3.3.2 and above.

Blacklist

BitComet

This client is not suggested for use in the BakaBT community. It is currently only available for the Windows platform. It follows traffic behaviour that benefits the user at the expense of the swarm, which is discouraged.

BitLord

This client is based on the source code of the BitComet 0.56 core and includes adware and malware. It is not suggested for use in the BakaBT community. It is currently only available for the Windows platform.

FlashGet

This client is made to leech only. This is a community where everyone leeches and everyone seeds. We don't allow clients only meant to leech.

LimeWire

Shareaza

There exists two Shareaza, one false and the true client. Shareaza V4 is the false one, and it comes bundled with adware. Shareaza V2 is the true client.

Xunlei (Thunder)

Other Warnings

Modification of clients to bypass our client requirements (spoofing) is explicitly forbidden.
People caught doing this will be instantly and permanently banned. This is your only warning.

The use of clients or proxies which have been modified to report incorrect stats to the tracker (cheating) is not allowed, and will result in a permanent ban.
Additionally, your information will be passed on to representatives of other trackers, where you are liable to be banned as well.